danrocks

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   by danrocks 4y ago

   Did you miss the parent article? There are many, many photos of people returning multiple ballots (300 people at a minimum), which don't belong to them, something that is illegal. Are they Republicans, Democrats? I don't know. Is
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   by danrocks 4y ago

   There is very clear evidence he has cheated before. He then admitted to it. Then chess.com says that he admitted to a very small portion of the actual cheating. So there is a LOT of evidence he is a cheater.
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   by danrocks 4y ago

   I am convinced there was fraud in the 2020 election. Enough to give Biden the win? Maybe not, but fraud nonetheless.
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   by danrocks 4y ago

   I find it extremely annoying that everything is a series now. I have a hard time finding movies because all streaming platforms have gone all in on turning everything into series for maximum engagement and lock-in. Fuck that.
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   by danrocks 4y ago

   I subscribe to Youtube TV and I feel like they have been doing this in there already. It was a great service and now not only do I have to pay $65 a month for the service but also have to watch 3 3-minute advertisement blocks during a 30-mi
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   by danrocks 4y ago

   Also a TV trope: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouMeddlingKids
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   by danrocks 4y ago

   Mockery is a very powerful tool to speak truth to power.
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   by danrocks 4y ago

   Enough to staff all Starbucks outlets in the country. /s
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   by danrocks 4y ago

   The Rwandan genocide was spawned by radio propaganda from RTLM. Classifying social media as especially harmful to children when damage can be made from any sort of mass media is disingenuous.
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    by danrocks 4y ago

    What does it signify? Annoyance? Yes. Harm, such that it required a committee of enlighted priests to have blocked it? Where is the evidence for it?
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    by danrocks 4y ago

    I used to work there, after the launch (and therefore, of the name). One of the reasons given was that Alexa was a distinctly suitable word for proper recognition by the ASR model embedded on the device software. Also probably because it wa
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    by danrocks 4y ago

    Alexa was only the 32nd most popular name in the US for girls. A little over 6k babies were named Alexa in the US prior to the speaker's launch. The "Alexa stop" thing, is it a real or invented harm? My name happens to match
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    by danrocks 4y ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_of_the_children#:~:text=... .
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    by danrocks 4y ago

    "Zvika Krieger is a subversive ritualist and radical traditionalist who is passionate about harnessing ancient wisdom to create modern meaning, fostering mindfulness and authentic connection amidst digital distraction, and bridging the
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    by danrocks 4y ago

    So when is the appropriate time to mock them? When they are employed making high six figures to invent harms and then ways to reduce them?
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    by danrocks 4y ago

    I found it funny that even large companies seem to be thrilled when then get put in some quadrant by Gartner. I have no idea why.
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    by danrocks 4y ago

    And then we can start putting ads on it /s.
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    Ask HN: I am tired of being a manager, how to escape this trap?

    3 points by danrocks 4y ago|5 comments
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    by danrocks 4y ago

    What in the name of heavens is a "wired carbon credits crypto company"?
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    by danrocks 4y ago

    It looks like I have dodged a bullet there. [0] [0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29387264
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    by danrocks 4y ago

    It’s an OK book but reading it after “Masters of Doom” kind of ruined it for me.
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    by danrocks 4y ago

    Yes.
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    by danrocks 4y ago

    I have been poor in a poor country and now I’m not. I make mid-high six figures and just bought a house. I have five years of expenses saved up and could extend it to ten with the right moves. Still, sleeping at night is hard, imagining tha
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    by danrocks 4y ago

    I envy you. I would probably pay money to give up my Sr. Manager position at FAANG managing multiple teams doing critical infrastructure work (or rather, trying to) to become an IC embedded developer.
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    by danrocks 4y ago

    This is complete nonsense without any data to back it up.
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    by danrocks 4y ago

    No, and don’t call me Shirley
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    by danrocks 4y ago

    A use for cryptocurrencies? /s
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    by danrocks 4y ago

    https://web3isgoinggreat.com/
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    by danrocks 4y ago

    Put an end to "all that" what, exactly?
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    by danrocks 4y ago

    A Kafkaesque view of corporations, if I’ve ever seen one.